Deforestation statistics for Angola



Total land area: Angola

Total land areaha
Land area124,860,517
Tree cover in 201852,074,907

 

Forest and tree cover extent: Angola

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Angola. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
200055,341,830
20012,457,476
20102,422,81953,896,051
20182,346,96152,074,907
Primary/Total tree cover
2018
5%
Tree cover/Total land area
2018
41.7%

 

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Angola

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Angola by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
2001101,322
20023,50061,089
20032,96452,510
20042,35571,315
20053,11071,315
20061,40176,998
20078,060145,409
20082,699103,653
20095,343166,109
20105,226159,944
20114,259183,111
20125,595180,921
20139,264169,001
201410,993212,873
20159,000161,864
201612,048229,915
201711,180280,727
201813,520242,788
Primary loss 2002-2018110,516
Tree cover loss
2001-2018
2,569,542
Primary loss/
Total tree cover loss
4.3%
Percent loss
2001-2018
4.5%
Loss/year
(2001/2-2010)
3,850.83 100,966
Loss/year
(2011-2018)
9,482.30 207,650

 

Biodiversity data: Angola

Species count by taxa for Angola. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).
Animal / plant groupSpecies count
Birds915
Amphibians103
Reptiles280
Fishes926
Mammals285
Vascular plants5185

 

Conservation data: Angola

Data on threatened species in Angola as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.
TaxaSpecies count
Threatened mammals (2018)18
Threatened birds (2018)32
Threatened fishes (2018)53
Threatened higher plants (2018)34

 

Protected areas data: Angola

Data on threatened species in Angola as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
Protected areas (2017)Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas,
% of total land area
7
Marine protected areas,
% of territorial waters

 

Tree cover loss data for Angola

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
loss 2001-2018
(ha)
% tree
cover loss
since 2000
Avg tree cover
loss/year
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2001-2010
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2011-2018
(ha)
101248605179601510576.90%9738538978.00%9493037076.00%39002324.10%216680144521306877
151248605178286134866.40%8226804265.90%7993789764.00%36921804.50%205121136204291268
201248605176599520552.90%6498645552.00%6304224450.50%31092704.70%172737116506243026
251248605176339108750.80%6268057250.20%6079546248.70%30225434.80%167919113743235639
301248605175534183044.30%5389605143.20%5223485141.80%26930644.90%149615103186207650
501248605173194461825.60%3000714124.00%2901254223.20%16446855.10%9137165009124325
7512486051737885603.00%33406232.70%31260312.50%3655199.60%203071509326824

 

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Angola

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Biomass
loss 2001-18
(Mt)
Avg biomass
loss/year
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
(Mt)
101248605179601510597385389143417609193931497612184165372077456940043032
151248605178286134882268042134643793393847718142137621270541500339189722
201248605176599520564986455121551946763602809802001561066051505636695281
251248605176339108762680572119406672933563390441979661465328826536293793
301248605175534183053896051112490545513387743861882079962108633634504796
50124860517319446183000714182922674322550895921417164446766428525981349
751248605173788560334062316426091448353089946406061531399328507774

 

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Angola

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
% cover
in 2018
Loss
2001-2018
(ha)
% loss
since 2000
Avg loss/year
since 2000
(ha)
Loss 2001-2010
(ha)
loss
between
2000-2010
Avg loss/year 2001-2010
(ha)
Loss 2011-2018
(ha)
loss
between
2011-2018
Avg loss/year 2011-2018
(ha)
Bengo343959119644811988699193275356%1212286%6,735652823%6,528559463%6,993
Benguela395605397762991919683705421%11120611%6,178290643%2,906821429%10,268
Bié721136538051373741897350693949%3601129%20,0061251543%12,5152349586%29,370
Cabinda70639259960360223756402580%509348%2,830127222%1,272382126%4,777
Cuando Cubango1996166623709322275433220357511%1299945%7,222581362%5,814718583%8,982
Cuanza Norte238697517382251757039169335371%1020166%5,668383302%3,833636864%7,961
Cuanza Sul553239636514613421510326205559%2456167%13,645861612%8,6161594555%19,932
Cunene77327903311518868182070%648820%360582718%5836614%83
Huambo331854461589372785165908020%10737717%5,965386066%3,861687719%8,596
Huíla787694597187594962684637511%16683617%9,269635857%6,35910325111%12,906
Luanda2458801439616075159146%4513%252902%291611%20
Lunda Norte1078986284635018281603820235876%1768892%9,827976441%9,764792451%9,906
Lunda Sul779640554654445220723516037266%1218882%6,772615371%6,154603511%7,544
Malanje822627262684326310905615195275%2360294%13,113770761%7,7081589533%19,869
Moxico2001084211059066105035271031753552%3479433%19,3301619511%16,1951859922%23,249
Namibe57963399949795670940512%24172%1347981%8016192%202
Uíge621038650830154924106466750075%3413937%18,966847872%8,4792566065%32,076
Zaire366181421601282141086210175357%642473%3,569249141%2,491393332%4,917

 

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Angola

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2011-18 (Mt)
Bengo34395911964481198869951306538937672843209293621908731970514
Benguela39560539776299191961741672162101668011675935668091918574
Bié72113653805137374189788601596975974779422082127540266054315
Cabinda706392599603602237225210093163999979111114069591541301
Cuando Cubango199616662370932227543342160607324008652133381411202501600769
Cuanza Norte23869751738225175703951099734135882830199349114708122646839
Cuanza Sul55323963651461342151068870682548970803272060017578543924033
Cunene7732790331151886837740221225110680621160048134
Huambo3318544615893727851986504211807213210040076958261389234
Huíla787694597187594962616774054734782122193234014744432504712
Luanda24588014396160753590935128436713586225277
Lunda Norte1078986284635018281603129141575132078172178212117531961818277
Lunda Sul77964055465444522072388716580824436346135757512578111482279
Malanje822627262684326310905118318891645737956254099814549143898602
Moxico200108421105906610503527255509756484009657466720339937675508998
Namibe5796339994979567018253814503496279721776040737
Uíge6210386508301549241061184196511104284863579360429371159364214
Zaire366181421601282141086436211356159014628834156443331182267

 

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Angola

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Avg biomass
per ha
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2011-18 (Mt)
Bengo34395911964481198869927985384814320548828114160211950221074826
Benguela39560539776299191969500029997114636436368693091691046495
Bié72113653805137374189748328143812741440786230226615021973302353
Cabinda7063925996036022371228418702058945459496970221978840710
Cuando Cubango19961666237093222754332299669519713095630727535611046873147
Cuanza Norte2386975173822517570392787258231601957245610873598022611443730
Cuanza Sul5532396365146134215103756582701032671135314839649588302140382
Cunene7732790331151886820585586266825037125632754437
Huambo331854461589372785153809320879857529547641379542757764
Huíla787694597187594962691494843941897206710540048042421366206
Luanda2458801439616075195869113670056389247032878
Lunda Norte10789862846350182816037044085938317497189972066956289991788
Lunda Sul7796405546544452207234839086238913328913740495686079808516
Malanje8226272626843263109056453757721032494797213859987935892126510
Moxico200108421105906610503527139368957812645823444254574721784183004908
Namibe57963399949795670995662710027463415257968822220
Uíge62103865083015492410664592536812756882656316014816020635107753
Zaire3661814216012821410862379334681108673521481862351454644873

 

 

Archived forest data for Angola | Forest data for Angola

 

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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